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Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830 [Diptera: Agromyzidae] Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. 6: 193. Phytomyza pygmaea Zetterstedt, 1848. Diptera Scandinaviae. 7: 2822. Phytomyza pygmaea Zetterstedt, 1848; Rydén, 1953. Ent. Meddr. 26: 15. Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1972b. Handbk ident. Br. Ins. 10(5g): 70 (fig. 228), 73, 118, 119. Phytomyza pseudonotata Hering, 1949c. Entomon 1(8): 207. Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1976. Fauna ent. Scand. 5(1): 460-1, fig 804-6. Phytomyza notata Meigen, 1830; Spencer, 1990. Host specialization in the World Agromyzidae (Diptera) : 22, 41, 42 (fig. 148), 400.

Leaf-mine: Mine short, broad, essentially linear, sometimes with a small brown patch at beginning. Pupation external (Spencer, 1972b: 70 (fig. 228), 73); Spencer, 1976: 459 (fig. 806), 460). The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Mine of Phytomyza notata on Ranunculus acris. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders) Larva: Details unknown. Puparium: Dark brown; posterior spiracles each with an ellipse of some 20 minute bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 460). Hosts in Britain: Ranunculaceae       Ranunculus spp.   Spencer, 1972b: 73 Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Spencer, 1972b: 118 Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Mines in BMNH Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Spencer, 1972b: 119 Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Bland, 1992 Hosts elsewhere: Ranunculaceae       Ranunculus     Mines in BMNH Ranunculus     Spencer, 1976: 460 Ranunculus     Spencer, 1990: 22 Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Spencer, 1976: 460 Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup Nederlandse bladmineerders Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup Spencer, 1976: 460 Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup Nederlandse bladmineerders Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup Spencer, 1976: 460 Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup Nederlandse bladmineerders Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Mines in BMNH Ranunculus     Spencer, 1976: 460 Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July-August, October-November. Time of year - adults: August. Distribution in Britain: Probably widespread, at least in south. Surrey (Mickleham), Middlesex (Scratch Wood) (Spencer, 1972b: 73), Inner Hebrides (Isle of Coll) (Bland, 1992) and Surrey (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the [former] U.S.S.R. (Kr, Svir) (Spencer, 1976: 460), Poland (Mines in BMNH), The Netherlands (Nederlandse bladmineerders), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 574), Belarus, French mainland, Lithuania, Poland and Switzerland (Martinez in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Chrysocharis orbicularis (Nees, 1834) Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Dacnusa confinis Ruthe Hymenoptera: Braconidae

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